A Brief Handbook of English Authors Part 9

=Ellis, George.= 1745-1815. Antiquarian of note. Best known by his valuable work, Specimens of Early Eng. Poets.

=Ellis, Sir Henry.= 1777-1869. Antiquarian writer.

=Ellis, Mrs. Sarah [Stickney].= 1812-1872. Author Women of England, Daughters of England, Wives of England, Mothers of England, etc.

=Ellwood, Thos.= 1639-1713. Poet. Author of a dull poem ent.i.tled The Davideis.

=Elphinstone [[)e]l'fin-st[o^]n], James.= 1721-1809. Scotch grammarian.

=Elphinstone, Mountstuart.= 1779-1859. Historical writer. Author Hist.

of India, etc.

=Elyot [[)e]l'[)i]-[o^]t], Sir Thos.= c. 1495-1546. Moralist. Author Defence of Good Women, etc.

=Emerson-Tennent, Sir James.= 1804-1869. Historical writer.

=Erskine, Thos.= 1750-1823. Jurist. _See Select Speeches, with Memoir by Walford, 2 vols., 8vo, London, 1870._

=Etheridge, Sir George.= 1636-1694. Comic dramatist. Author of The Comical Revenge, She Would if She Could, etc. Style sprightly and witty. _See Living Age, Apr. 30, 1881._

=Evans, Marian=, "George Eliot." 1820-1880. Novelist and poet. A complete list of her works comprises translations of Strauss's Life of Jesus and Feuerbach's Essence of Christianity; the novels, Scenes of Clerical Life, Adam Bede, Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda; the long poems, Spanish Gypsy, Agatha, Legend of Jubal, and How Lisa Loved the King, with a few short ones; and a vol. of essays, ent.i.tled Impressions of Theophrastus Such. The strength of her novels lies in their wonderful delineations of character, their subtle a.n.a.lysis of motive as acted on by circ.u.mstance, and the lofty wisdom that infuses the whole. They awaken the best impulses of humanity, and appeal to all the finer sympathies. Her style is strongly marked, often picturesque, and her descriptions clear and distinct. Her poems, though containing many beautiful pa.s.sages, do not, with one or two exceptions, take a high rank. The best one is probably the famous O May I Join the Choir Invisible. _See George Eliot, by Mathilde Blind; Hutton's Essays; Cent. Mag., Nov., 1881; Eclectic Mag., April, 1881; Lit. World, Feb.

24, 1883; and Galaxy Mag., June, 1869._

=Evelyn, John.= 1620-1706. Agricultural writer. Author of Sylva Terra and a famous Diary, which accurately reflects the manners of his time.

_See Diary and Letters of, edited by John Forster, 1857._ _See London edition, 1875._

=Faber Frederick William.= 1815-1863. Religious poet. Author of a number of beautiful and popular Hymns. _Pub. Dut. Mur. Wh. Rou._

=Faber, George Stanley.= 1773-1854. Theologian. Author of The Sacred Calendar of Prophecy, etc. Style clear and exact.

=Fabyan, Robert,= c. 1456-1512. Chronicler. Wrote a Concordance of Histories, which begins with Brutus and ends with his own time.

=Fairfax, Edward.= ---- 1632. Poet. Author of a fine translation of Ta.s.so. _See Am. edition, 1855, 12mo._

=Falconer [fawk'ner], Wm.= 1730-1769. Scotch poet. Author of The s.h.i.+pwreck, a poem of considerable beauty, and a Marine Dict. _See Campbell's Specimens of the Eng. Poets._ _Pub. Hou._

=Fanshawe, Sir Richard.= 1608-1666. Poet. Translator of Camoens's Lusiad, and author of some graceful poems.

=Faraday, Michael.= 1791-1867. Chemist. Author of numerous scientific works, The Chemistry of a Candle, Physical Forces, etc. _See Life and Letters of, 1870, by J. Bruce Jones, Tyndall's Faraday as a Discoverer, and Life, by J. H. Gladstone._ _Pub. Har. Rou._

=Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold.= 183 Novelist. Joshua Marvel, Grif, Blade-o'-Gra.s.s, London's Heart, and Bells of Penraven are among his best works. Style akin to that of d.i.c.kens. _Pub. Har._

=Farmer, Richard.= 1735-1797. Shakespearean scholar. Author Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare.

=Farquhar [far'kwar or far'kar], George.= 1678-1707. Irish dramatist.

A writer of brilliant, sparkling comedies, full of good feeling. The Beaux' Stratagem and The Recruiting Officer are the best. _See his comedies edited by Leigh Hunt._ _See Atlantic Monthly, March, 1882._

=Farrar, Frederic Wm.= 183 Theologian. Author Life of Christ, Eternal Hope, Life and Epistles of St. Paul, Seekers after G.o.d, etc.

Of several stories by him, St. Winifred's is perhaps the best. _Pub.

Cas. Dut. Fu. Lip. Mac._

=Fawcett, Henry.= 183 Writer on Political Economy. Author Free Trade and Protection, Pauperism--its Causes and Remedies, Manual of Political Economy, etc. _Pub. Mac._

=Fawcett, Millicent Garrett.= 184 Wife to H. F. Author Tales in Political Economy, Political Economy for Beginners, etc. _Pub. Mac._

=Feltham, Owen.= c. 1608-1677. Essayist. Author Divine and Moral Resolves. Style pointed and sententious.

=Fenton, Elijah.= 1683-1730. Poet. a.s.sisted Pope in translating the Odyssey. His original verse is not unmusical.

=Ferguson, Adam.= 1724-1816. Scotch historian and philosopher. Author Hist. of Civil Society, Hist. Progress and Termination of Roman Empire, etc. Style clear and scholarly.

=Ferguson, James.= 1710-1776. Scotch philosophical and mathematical writer.

=Fergusson, James.= 180 Scotch architectural writer of note.

Author Hist. of Architecture. _Pub. Lit._

=Fergusson, Robert.= 1750-1774. Scotch poet. Author of The Farmer's Ingle, etc. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 3._

=Ferrar, Nicholas.= 1592-1637. Religious writer. _See Atlantic Monthly, Aug. 1871._

=Ferrier, James.= 1808-1864. Scotch metaphysician. His Inst.i.tutes of Metaphysics is a work of much learning and acuteness.

=Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone.= 1782-1854. Scotch novelist. Aunt to J.

F. Author of Marriage, The Inheritance, and Destiny. Her works show much humor and are piquant in style. _See Eng. edition 1841._ _See Temple Bar, Nov., 1878, and London Lit. World, March 31, 1882._ _Pub.

Har. Rou._

=Fielding, Henry.= 1707-1754. Novelist. With Richardson he founded a new school of fiction, distinguished by a careful study of character and a more truthful drawing of human nature than what had preceded.

Joseph Andrews, Amelia, and Tom Jones, though stamped with the coa.r.s.eness of his age, will continue to be read for their originality, wit, and acute reflections. _See Thackeray's Eng. Humorists, Ma.s.son's Novelists and their Styles, and Dobson's Fielding in Eng. Men of Letters._ _Pub. Har. Lit. Rou._

=Finlay, George.= 1800-1875. Scotch historian. Author Hist. Greece under the Romans, Hist. Byzantine and Greek Empires, Hist. Greece under Ottoman and Venetian Dominion, and Hist. of the Greek Revolution. A standard authority. _Pub. Mac._

=Fisher, Edward.= 1620-1660. Welsh theologian. Author of a noted controversial work called The Marrow of Modern Divinity.

=Fitzgerald, Edward.= 1808-1883. Translator of note. Author of scholarly translations of Omar Khayyam, Calderon, and aeschylus.

=Fitzgerald, Percy.= 183 Novelist and litterateur. Author Romance of the English Stage, etc.

=Fitzgerald, Wm.= 181 Bp. Killaloe. Theologian. Author Holy Scripture, The Ultimate Rule of Faith, Life of Butler, etc.

=Flamsteed, John.= 1646-1719. Astronomical writer.

=Fletcher, Sir Andrew= [of Saltoun]. 1663-1716. Political writer. _See Erskine's Life of, 1792._

=Fletcher, Giles.= 1588-1623. Poet. Bro. to P. F. and cousin to J. F.

Author Christ's Victory and Triumph, a long poem in 8-line stanzas.

_See Works edited by Grosart, 1876._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._